REPORTED SPEECH, EXERCISE-3
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING EXERCISE IN YOUR GRAMMAR COPY.
1. They said, "This is our book."
2. She said, "I went to the cinema yesterday."
3. He has said, "I am writing a test tomorrow."
4. You will say, "I will do this for him."
5. She said, "I am not hungry now."
6. They said, "We have never been here before."
7. They said, "We were in London last week."
8. He said, "I will have finished this paper by tomorrow."
9. He said, "They will not sleep."
10. She says, "It is very quiet here."
ANSWERS
1. They said, "This is our
book."
→ They said that was their book.
2. She said, "I went to the
cinema yesterday."
→ She said that she had gone to
the cinema the day before.
3. He has said, "I am
writing a test tomorrow."
→ He has said that he is writing
a test the next day.
4. You will say, "I will do
this for him."
→ You will say that you will do
that for him.
5. She said, "I am not
hungry now."
→ She said that she was not
hungry then.
6. They said, "We have never
been here before."
→ They said that they had never
been there before.
7. They said, "We were in
London last week."
→ They said that they had been in
London the week before.
8. He said, "I will have
finished this paper by tomorrow."
→ He said that he would have
finished that paper by the next day.
9. He said, "They will not
sleep."
→ He said that they would not sleep.
10. She said, "It is very
quiet here."
→ She says that it is very quiet
there.
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